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For pray what could I do? And, mother, I shall love that Miss As long as I love you." UNKNOWN * * * * * MABEL ON MIDSUMMER DAY A STORY OF THE OLDEN TIME PART I "Arise, my maiden, Mabel," The mother said; "arise, For the golden sun of midsummer Is shining in the skies. "Arise, my little maiden, For thou must speed away, To wait upon thy grandmother This livelong summer day. "And thou must carry with thee This wheaten cake so fine, This new-made pat of butter, This little flask of wine; "And tell the dear old body, This day I cannot come, For the goodman went out yestermorn. And he is not come home. "And more than this, poor Amy Upon my knee doth lie; I fear me, with this fever pain The little child will die! "And thou canst help thy grandmother: The table thou canst spread; Canst feed the little dog and bird; And thou canst make her bed. "And thou canst fetch the water From the lady-well hard by; And thou canst gather from the wood The fagots brown and dry; "Canst go down to the lonesome glen, To milk the mother ewe; This is the work, my Mabel, That thou wilt have to do. "But listen now, my Mabel, This is midsummer day, When all the fairy people From elfland come away. "And when thou 'rt in the lonesome glen, Keep by the running burn, And do not pluck the strawberry flower, Nor break the lady-fern. "But think not of the fairy folk, Lest mischief should befall; Think only of poor Amy, And how thou lov'st us all. "Yet keep good heart, my Mabel, If thou the fairies see, And give them kindly answer If they should speak to thee. "And when into the fir-wood Thou goest for fagots brown, Do not, like idle children, Go wandering up and down. "But fill thy little apron, My child, with earnest speed; And that thou break no living bough Within the wood take heed. "For they are spiteful brownies Who in the wood abide; So be thou careful of this thing, Lest evil should betide. "But think not, little Mabel, Whilst thou art in the wood, Of dwarfish, willful brownies, But of the Father good. "And when thou goest to the spring To fetch the water thence, Do not disturb the little stream, Lest this should give
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